Alex Ovechkin has taken the most career shots by a forward, with 6,627 taken.

	NAME	S	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	6,627	1,426	853	697	1,550	+45	817	312	269	5	1	129	26	12.9	64	188	34.0	3,632	550	772	1,142	20:45
2	Jaromir Jagr J. Jagr	5,637	1,733	766	1,155	1,921	+322	1,167	217	393	11	4	135	19	13.6	9	42	21.4	281	194	495	1,087	19:53
3	Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	5,363	1,348	731	1,040	1,771	+27	600	234	409	19	11	73	2	13.6
4	Phil Esposito P. Esposito	5,166	1,282	717	873	1,590	+252	910	246	303	23	12	118		13.9
5	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	5,090	1,432	708	627	1,335	+68	1,159	217	196	24	5	90	7	13.9
6	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5,088	1,487	894	1,963	2,857	+520	577	204	686	73	76	91	2	17.6
7	Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	5,086	1,524	656	698	1,354	+151	2,489	237	270	23	14	109	12	12.9	293	611	48.0	538	289	260	445	18:13
8	Brett Hull B. Hull	4,876	1,269	741	650	1,391	+23	458	265	271	20	8	110	12	15.2	18	50	36.0	119	90	191	358	18:01
9	Jarome Iginla J. Iginla	4,759	1,554	625	675	1,300	+30	1,040	197	231	13	9	101	7	13.1	2,726	5,238	52.0	1,599	464	610	778	19:56
10	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	4,621	1,378	625	1,016	1,641	+30	614	205	426	32	17	86	7	13.5	6,687	12,735	52.5	227	268	419	405	21:09
11	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	4,602	1,514	692	1,063	1,755	+184	924	202	393	50	33	94	9	15.0	3,405	5,929	57.4	171	210	189	251	18:38
12	Bobby Hull B. Hull	4,577	923	579	494	1,073	+249	522	149	156	18	10	92		12.7
13	Dave Andreychuk D. Andreychuk	4,556	1,639	640	698	1,338	+32	1,121	274	293	10	3	77	7	14.0	2,834	5,107	55.5	187	276	293	168	15:59
14	Teemu Selanne T. Selanne	4,540	1,451	684	773	1,457	+95	660	255	333	7	2	110	9	15.1	935	1,994	46.9	243	158	461	783	17:56
15	Stan Mikita S. Mikita	4,482	1,393	541	925	1,466	+329	1,260	150	312	12	6	84		12.1
16	Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	4,333	1,779	566	631	1,197	-27	527	172	243	17	4	109	11	13.1	5,971	12,423	48.1	1,513	465	757	1,113	18:09
17	Mike Modano M. Modano	4,273	1,499	561	813	1,374	+114	926	157	336	29	18	92	9	13.1	7,431	14,376	51.7	203	290	691	973	19:41
18	Marian Hossa M. Hossa	4,229	1,309	525	609	1,134	+245	628	143	231	34	12	85	15	12.4	64	187	34.2	1,062	395	1,008	668	18:55
19	Mark Messier M. Messier	4,221	1,756	694	1,193	1,887	+211	1,912	179	402	63	81	92	8	16.4	3,780	6,871	55.0	195	138	161	310	18:47
20	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	4,072	1,272	592	1,004	1,596	+217	823	172	388	4	7	90	21	14.5	14,648	27,855	52.6	1,114	623	743	1,021	20:41
21	Patrick Kane P. Kane	4,058	1,230	471	813	1,284	+16	442	126	291	0	1	75	12	11.6	323	833	38.8	316	275	706	637	20:11
22	Eric Staal E. Staal	4,041	1,365	455	608	1,063	-82	854	133	184	21	8	72	5	11.3	10,063	20,894	48.2	940	558	885	703	19:07
23	Mats Sundin M. Sundin	4,015	1,346	564	785	1,349	+73	1,093	160	293	31	25	96	15	14.0	7,927	14,441	54.9	438	276	212	466	19:44
24	Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	3,985	1,248	483	696	1,179	+261	839	144	256	36	29	93	15	12.1	5,839	10,768	54.2	423	231	385	556	19:56
25	Patrice Bergeron P. Bergeron	3,974	1,294	427	613	1,040	+289	494	131	195	22	26	81	9	10.7	15,182	26,206	57.9	1,032	879	845	469	18:41